ago
adverb /əˈɡəʊ/
/əˈɡəʊ/
- used in expressions of time with the simple past tense to show how far in the past something happened
(与动词的一般过去时连用)以前 - two weeks/months/years ago
两周/两月/两年以前 - The letter came a few days ago.
这封信是几天前寄来的。 - She was here just a minute ago.
刚才她还在这儿。 - a short/long time ago
不久/很久以前 - How long ago did you buy it?
这东西你是多久以前买的? - It was on TV not (so) long ago.
电视不(很)久以前播出了这个节目。 - Scientists think there was water on Mars a long time ago.
科学家认为很久以前火星上有水。 - He stopped working some time ago (= quite a long time ago).
好久以前他就不工作了。 - They're getting married? It's not that long ago (= it's only a short time ago) that they met!
他们要结婚啦?他们刚认识不久嘛!
词源Middle English ago, agone, past participle of the obsolete verb ago ‘pass’, used to express passage of time. - two weeks/months/years ago